Your oldest home appliance

[maytagbear]

MOST of us

are familiar with Mark Goodall. He posts here on and off, under the name "Rocketwarrior."

His assemblages are unique, and often interesting and/or amusing.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

My oldest appliances are not currently in use (1956). My oldest appliances IN use are the early 80s Tappan electric range, and the similar Magic Chef refrigerator of the landlord.

MY oldest appliance in current use is my 1986 Amana Radarange.

 

[washernoob]

Cool!

Yes some dont like him much, as he is an attorney, so he gets into the legal talk a bit sometimes. But I dont mind it.

But he is really quite a genius. Very smart, knowledgeable, and a mind for awesome art. Very kind too. He cares about the safe being of people, warning me to be cautious on my vacuum hunts and travels.

 

[mrcleanjeans]

"All the dirt,all the grit, Hoover gets it every bit....

Actually Branden, "It BEATS,as it sweeps,as it cleans" slogan came out in 1919, seven years before the beater bar came out. At that point(1926) this beating action was called Positive Agitation.

 

[mrcleanjeans]

Sorry for the typo,its Brandon ,not Branden, me bad!

 

[washernoob]

I did not know that! Thanks for the info!

Dont worry on the E and O mix up. Happens all the time.

My model 700 was the first to incorporate the new beater bar. So its a revolutionary model of hoover.

Its a neat vacuum too!

The switch is quite rare. Its a molded H design that was prone to breaking off, so it was only used on this model.

The handle has ebony inserts on it. It was prone to also breaking off so they stopped with that. Luckily mine is intact.

Its even got a bag spreader device on it! Its awesome!

 

[gmmcnair]

Oldest (and still running fine)

My 1940 Maytag E2L wringer washer.

 

[ptcruiser51]

Mid-1940s

I have a 1946 (I think) Proctor pop-up toaster, it was a shower gift for my OL when they got married in 1947.

Also a General Mills "Tru-Heat" dry iron, a gift to her from my OM, probably same vintage.

Last, a Westinghouse Roaster-Oven of unknown vintage, bought used. I would guess 1950 or thereabouts. It came with the instruction book, but it's undated.

All three work great!

 

[whirlcool]

We have been using a Sunbeam C-30a CoffeeMaster for about a years now. Yesterday I took the bottom plate off to check for corrosion (found none) but I DID find a date: Dec 18 1950.

The darned thing is older than I am! And it still looks as good as the day it was built. And it's going to celebrate it's 60th this year! I wonder if Sunbeam ever thought these coffeepots would last this long?

 

[cfz2882]

my oldest is a GE fan from 1901,oldest appliance in daily use
is a 1940s GE freezer.

 

[sarahperdue]

oldest, oldest in daily use...

Oldest is a child's fully functional model wood burning range which belonged to my grandmother (born in 1918) and perhaps her mother before her. Firebox, ash box, six burners. My grandfather built a playhouse for me, and I used it to bake "pound cakes" in jello molds, "roast turkey" (doves), bacon in a mini skillet, tea and gosh knows what else. We last used it around 1996 when I fired it up for my sons and neices.

Next, my great grandmother's 1937 Sunbeam Mixmaster 3A. It had beaters, small jadeite bowl and a large white bowl from a post model 10 when I got it. I've since had Deco Dan restore the motor, but left the paint, dings and all original. I've also collected its orignal parts down to manual and mayo dripper. I use it when I'm making several cakes.

Daily drivers: 1951 C-30 Coffeemaster. I keep the gaskets lubed with diver's food grade silicone grease, and it seems to help, Sunbeam CG-1 waffle iron and grill. It's a toss up, but we probably use the grill more. 1963 12C Mixmaster. I'm using it with turquoise bowls, and it's fabulous! Oh, and an undated Mixmaster Jr. with those super fins. Looks like awful but works great!

Sarah

 

[washernoob]

CFZ2882

Hey do you have a picture of the GE pancake?

I love those old cakes. Best fans ever made.

 

[tlee618]

My oldest would be my pink 1963 Maytag Highlander two speed washer which does at least 1 load a week and my 1980 KitchenAid KDS18 dishwasher that is used often, it is my daily driver.

 

[qsd-dan]

1980 KitchenAid KDS18

Gotta be older than 1980. KDS-19 started production in 1979.

 

[austinado16]

The oldest that I know the date on, is our 1949 Vent-A-Hood range hood. The Wedgewood stove is probably '50-'52.

My T-9 Toaster, Sunkist juicer, or Hamilton Beach Mixer might be older, but I don't know enough about them to date them.

 

[turquoisedude]

A 1919 Royal Rochester electric perk. It is an urn style with a tap instead of a spout! I actually bought it at a garage sale when I was like, 14... I started young, too!!

 

[sudsmaster]

It's a toss-up between the late 40's GE single door fridge, the late 40's Sunbeam Mixmaster, and the late 40's Electrolux canister vacuum cleaner.

The house was built in '41 but the kitchen was remodeled in 1965, and the appliances were updated again in the 1970's. I think the only electrical devices that date back to '41 is the two-pipe front door chime, and a hallway light fixture.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

My oldest and still functional would be my 1926 Magic Chef series 1000 gas range. She still bakes a mean turkey. That's followed by the early to mid 50's O&M range with 6 burners and two ovens. Third place goes to the one that surprised me the most by running first try after 2+ decades in a barn, the 57 Maytag E2LP wringer.

RCD

 

[ksdaddy]

Daily Driver

I've got old stuff here but some of it is just used for my own entertainment (the Apex wringer for example) or occasionally due to circumstance or need (the c. 1952 Sunbeam deep fryer).

One daily driver however is the c. 1955 GE Spacemaker oven. An old lady sold her house with all appliances included and the young couple who bought the house promptly pushed everything onto the front lawn at scrap metal prices. I bought it for $20. Somewhere on the way home, the chrome hood over the stove light flew off. I was devastated! I practically walked the 10 miles searching the road ditches and even put a 'reward' ad in the local swap/sell book. No luck. And forget finding one online!

The next spring the young couple (with children in tow) went for a walk and found the chrome piece in the ditch only a few hundred feet from their house! They returned it to me. Needless to say they had free pizza for supper that night.

It sat in my garage with a tarp over it for a couple years, then the 2004 newfangled stove started giving me trouble, burners cutting out, just general junkiness. That's all the excuse I was waiting for. Out with the new, in with the old!

The oven element did burn out after a few months and I replaced the old 'plug in' element with a hard-wired replacement. Small price to pay to keep it in service.

 

[washernoob]

WOW! That GE is so nice! Love the big clock on the front. Looks so mint!